diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c776906f67a9..2b44648d1541 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5110,7 +5110,6 @@ F:	include/uapi/linux/firewire*.h
 F:	tools/firewire/
 
 FIRMWARE LOADER (request_firmware)
-M:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
 M:	Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained